However, we take precautions to protect business owners in this regard. Additionally, mechiras Chametz is a practice observed for hundreds of years. With this sale, the chametz belongs to a person who is not Jewish for the duration of the holiday.
At the conclusion of Passover, the original Jewish owner may purchase his chametz back from the buyer. The sale contract gives the original owner exclusive rights to buy it back after Passover. Then, kosher consumers may consume the previously sold Chametz. The particulars depend on whether or not your company is open for business during the Passover. This includes purchasing, selling or producing chametz. Is this a necessary procedure?
And if we do a proper job, what is the point of transacting this sale? Your point is quite valid. The Sages went a step further and obligated us in both procedures — both destroying the chamtez physically and annulling any which might have remained see Mishnah Berurah Selling chametz is a much later innovation. Of course, if one sells his chametz to a non-Jew before Passover it is no longer in his possession and so he has successfully disposed of his chametz.
I believe part of the basis for this practice is that in the Old World i. One of the few trades open to them other than money-lending was operating distilleries — producing and marketing hard liquors. And since it was not realistic for such people to dispose of their entire stock every year, it became customary to arrange a yearly sale to a non-Jew.
Now such a sale would be a serious business arrangement. And, equally significant, whether or not the non-Jew would be willing to sell back the business to the Jew after Passover was entirely at his discretion. Nowadays, such a sale has become routine. It is also a very good idea. Many Jews also pride themselves on possessing an extensive bar filled with a large variety of grain-based liquors.
In addition, selling to a non-Jew serves as a final back-up for the chametz that we intended to dispose of. This is particularly true today when our houses are typically much larger than those of our ancestors. Later, it became common to include an unwritten agreement that the non-Jewish buyer would sell the chametz back after Pesach. Over time, as more Jews found themselves with considerable quantities of chametz on erev Pesach , it became impractical to physically transfer the chametz , 6 and non-Jewish buyers became reluctant to lay out such large sums of money.
One reason for this development was that Jews in medieval Europe were not permitted to own land. Thus, some got involved in selling beer. Had they been required to destroy their entire stock before Pesach, their businesses would have been ruined. At this point, rabbis began arranging sales for individual merchants. The sales were formal, but the chametz would remain in the Jewish-owned warehouses and the non-Jewish buyers would pay a fraction of the authentic value, leaving the remainder as a loan; after Pesach, the Jewish business owners would buy their merchandise back.
The final stage in the development of mechirat chametz is more or less what exists today: a rabbi arranges a general sale of the chametz for the members of his community. In this sale, the non-Jew does not take possession, does not pay the full value of the chametz and he sells it back after Pesach. It has since been widely accepted and is normative practice today. Now that we explored the background of mechirat chametz , we must ask, 10 what must be sold?
Clearly, there is no need to sell kitniyot legumes , whose consumption is only forbidden by Ashkenazic custom. Some authorities prefer not to sell pure chametz e. Rabbi Moshe Feinstein advised his grandson not to sell pure chametz Masoret Moshe [], He maintained that selling chametz is completely valid and that one could buy chametz after Pesach even from stores owned by irreligious Jews.
He had a personal chumrah of not eating sold chametz but insisted others should not follow that practice. The Tzitz Eliezer [2] views the sale of actual chametz as halachically acceptable. Others note that it is preferable not to buy chametz before Pesach in order to then sell it so that they will have chametz available immediately after Pesach Shevet Halevi The Shulchan Aruch and Rema OC discuss kneading bowls and flour bins which are difficult to clean and, due to the quantity of chametz that invariably remains even after a thorough cleaning, recommend giving these utensils away as a gift to a non-Jew before Pesach, with the understanding that they will be returned after Pesach.
However, some halachic authorities, such as the Steipler, explicitly included absorbed chametz in the sale contract. After the holiday is over, you can buy the hametz back from her if she gave you cash, you can just give it right back; if she gave you a check, you can write her one for the same amount. Selling your hametz to your suitemate is a perfectly acceptable solution to the problem of selling hametz on Passover.
Great initiative, Shayna! Hametz is prohibited on Passover. Passover is one of the major festivals of the year where the home rituals are of such significance and importance that they overshadow those done in the community. We use cookies to improve your experience on our site and bring you ads that might interest you. Pronounced: shool oo as in cool , Origin: Yiddish, synagogue.
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